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25 September, 2020

Minolta Riva Zoom 110 Mini-Review – The Perfect Camera for a New Dad – By Or Sachs

By Or Sachs

I'm now shooting a Minolta Riva Zoom 110 point & shoot film camera - I want to tell you the story of how I came to choose this camera, and how well it has worked out for me.

22 September, 2020

Through the (Looking) Glass – Photographing Portraits in the time of COVID-19 – By Carole Evans

By Carole Evans

Through the (Looking) Glass is a series of portraits of my neighbours, taken through their windows during Lockdown 2020. It is shot using slide film, on a Hasselblad camera, and...

22 September, 2020

MS-Optics Converted Yashica T4 35mm f/3.5 Tessar – The Hunt for the Commute Camera pt.1 – By Hern Tan

By Hern Tan

My very first barn-find Yashica T5 had proven itself to be a stinker. First it made a heck of a racket every time it took a picture, and the lag between pressing the shutter but...

21 September, 2020

Nine Homemade Cameras: Pinhole Adventures Part 1 – by Sroyon

By Sroyon

Aren't humans amazing. We develop sophisticated technology – high-resolution sensors, superfast lenses – to record images. But we also make, and express ourselves with, the simp...

18 September, 2020

Vivitar PZ3815 DB – It Gets the Job Done – By Thang Nguyen

By Thang Nguyen

If you have ever gotten a hand on a Vivitar compact 35mm camera, there’s a high chance that it’s a rebranded from other brands. The camera I am reviewing today is no different: ...

17 September, 2020

Disposable Camera Holiday Snaps – Moments of Truth (Part Two) – By Brian Nicholls

By MrSnappy

Why would someone with a brace of half decent cameras even consider buying a disposable camera? I pondered over this question as I emerged from a photographic shop in the city ...

16 September, 2020

Olympus Mju-mini Digital – The OTHER Mju – By Orkhan Abbasov

By Orkhan Abbasov

Many years ago when I was a child I saw a TV ad publicizing a very small and beautiful Olympus Mju-mini Digital. The design of this camera stuck somewhere deep inside my brain, ...

15 September, 2020

Macro Converter Lens – for “Broadening Photography Skills on the Cheap” – By Salman Rameli

By salmanrameli

“Here, your father bought you this at the airport during transit” said my uncle one evening way back in 2013. My father, my uncle, and my cousin went to a mining company in Born...

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